MP pronounces prosecution as prostitution

August 29, 2011 18:09

Climb the political grapevine with R Rajagopalan.

Inside Parliament today:

Wrong pronounciation of a word "prosecution" by Labour Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge while replying to a question on Child labour on Monday in Lok Sabha landed him in a major problem and scene was pathetic.

Kharge a senior parliamentarian and three times Minister in Karnataka went on to pronounce it as prostitution.Video recording of the proceedings now being edited to save embarrassment to Hon Minister.

That and much from Rajagopalan's blog

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